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Memorandum: David M. Britt to Television Stations in North Carolina, July 23, 1965

North Carolina General Assembly
House of Representatives
State Legislative Building
Raleigh
Fairmont, N.C.
23 July 1965
MEMORANDUM
TO: Television Stations in North Carolina
FROM: David M. Britt, Chairman, Commission to Study Speaker Ban Law
Within recent days I have received communications from several television stations in North Carolina regarding coverage of the meetings of the Commission proposed to be held in Raleigh on August 11 and 12.
Let me say at the outset that we appreciate coverage of our meetings by television as this helps considerably to inform the people of North Carolina about the studies, findings, work and conclusions of this Commission. However, we believe that some confusion could be avoided and use of television cameras and equipment minimized if the various stations could cooperate. We received a call from WBTV in Charlotte several days ago in which Mr. Walters of that station indicated that they would probably want to cover the above meetings with three cameras but that they would be glad for other stations in North Carolina to have the benefit of their coverage. We have received a letter from WUNC TV requesting permission to use their equipment in covering the meetings.
The purpose of this memorandum is to let all of you know that we propose to meet in the auditorium in the Legislative Building and as long as there is room for your equipment we will try to allow coverage but we would hope that there could be some cooperation as above suggested. Kindly see what, if anything, you can do about this.

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North Carolina General Assembly
House of Representatives
State Legislative Building
Raleigh
Fairmont, N.C.
23 July 1965
MEMORANDUM
TO: Television Stations in North Carolina
FROM: David M. Britt, Chairman, Commission to Study Speaker Ban Law
Within recent days I have received communications from several television stations in North Carolina regarding coverage of the meetings of the Commission proposed to be held in Raleigh on August 11 and 12.
Let me say at the outset that we appreciate coverage of our meetings by television as this helps considerably to inform the people of North Carolina about the studies, findings, work and conclusions of this Commission. However, we believe that some confusion could be avoided and use of television cameras and equipment minimized if the various stations could cooperate. We received a call from WBTV in Charlotte several days ago in which Mr. Walters of that station indicated that they would probably want to cover the above meetings with three cameras but that they would be glad for other stations in North Carolina to have the benefit of their coverage. We have received a letter from WUNC TV requesting permission to use their equipment in covering the meetings.
The purpose of this memorandum is to let all of you know that we propose to meet in the auditorium in the Legislative Building and as long as there is room for your equipment we will try to allow coverage but we would hope that there could be some cooperation as above suggested. Kindly see what, if anything, you can do about this.